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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE PALMER, of Littlestown, Adams county, in theState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvementsin Clothes-Wringcrs, and the mode ofcattaching the same to a Washingmachine or tub; and the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the drawings heretoannexed, in which- Figui-:e 1 represents a cross-section through theclothes-wringer, attached to the end of a. washing machine.

Figure 2 shows a detached view of the clothes-wringer frame.

Figure 3 shows a face view of the clothes-wringer, mounted on the end ofthe washing machine.

The object of my invention is to make clothes`-wringers Work easy byreducing the speed of the presserrollers while the crank handleory-wheel is turned more rapidly.

My invention consists in making the presser-rollers of dilerentdiameters and securing them to the iron rods in shafts by pins, andlalso .placing metal ribs longitudinally in the outer surface ofthewood-rolls to prevent the covering from wringing on the cone whencovering of any elastic substance is used; the pressure on the clothesbeing effected by a hand-lever bearing on a rubber volute or othersuitable spring, the lever being regulated and held in any desirableposition for pressure on the clothes by a rack-bar, .so-that it can beinstantly relieved when a larger or more bulky substance comes incontact with the rolls, whose power is increased by having a large spurgear-Wheel on the lower roller and a small pinion on the balance-Wheelor crank-shaft. Also, the mode of securing the wringing apparatus to aWashing machines pane, or to a tub, by means of the hooks, screw-clamps,or clamping-levers,.and rack-bar.

To enable others to make and use iny invention, I will describe it indetail, referring to the drawings and letters thereon. l

I make the frame K Kvof hardwood in4 the ordinary manner, and secure itto the pane o'f a washing machine or tub, by having bent hooks J J inthe frame to enter into holes in the frame or hook over the edge of thetub so as to stand upright in-the proper position to press the clothesthrough after they are Washed. The framev may be secured to a washingmachine by a screw-bolt, L, or bya clamping-lever, M, 4and rack-bar, N,so that it can instantly be removed or replaced. I make mycompressing-rollers O and P of tough Wood, secured to the iron shafts mn by putting pins ZZ through them; they may be covered on their surfacewith rubber or other elastic substance, which is held from wringinground by inserting in the surface of the Wood longitudinal strips ofmetal, q q, with slight projections above its surface. It is desirablethat the driving or lower rollers P should be of less diameter than theother, O, and the surface harder; the effect being visible in theoperation, it working easier and leaving the clothes dryer than whenboth of the rollsare alike. Another great advantage is derived byreducing the motion of the rolls OP by having a large gear-wheel, R, onthe roller-shaft n, to'be driven by a small pinion, S, on the crank T,on iiy-Wheel U, thus giving three or four times the power -over thosewhere the crank is attached to the roller-shaft. To adjust and regulatethe press- 'ure of the wringer-rollers on the clothes, and to obviatethe necessityof using rollers which are very compressible, I use ahand-lever, Q, to which is attached a vulcanized rubber volute or othersuitable spring V- near its fulcrum r, the ball V resting on the bar W,above the rolls; the lever Q being so shaped as to form aeatch, itworking into the rack Y on the frame K, by which means the pressure canbe instantly adjusted to any small thin article, or to a large and morebulky substance, so that the necessary degree of pressure can be easilyeffected on all of the variety of articles worn or used which requirewashing.

Having thus ldescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by, Letters Patent, is

1. Placing ribs of metal longitudinally in hard-wood rollers forclothes-wringers, when covered with elastic substance, substantially asherein set forth. l

2. I claim, in combination with clothes-wringer rollers, as described,the pressure-lever Q, ball V, or other equivalent spring, and rock-,barY, operating as and for the purposes herein specified.

GEORGE PALMER.

Witnesses W. J. KETCHUM, J. B.' WOODRUFF.

